Today I'm sharing another phrase we might hear often – Protect your peace. I like that phrase and I also wonder sometimes if we take it too far. Does our peace need protecting? When and to what extent? How can we know when our next right thing is to protect our peace and when instead we might need to extend it or even step into discomfort on purpose? That's today's episode. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.emilypfreeman.com/podcast/383" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 383: How to Know if a Process is Worth Trusting</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lX9XESvDE" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">New Heights with Taylor Swift</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/opinion/americans-marriage-loneliness-love.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Brooks in the New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTInW_VEVN7/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Find Brooke Romney on Instagram</a></li> </ul> FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/cktR9tv8sYk" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Watch this episode on YouTube</a></li> <li><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-right-thing/id1268826768" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leave a review on Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theschoolforcreativedirection.com/app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download The Quiet Collection app</a></li> <li><a href="https://emilypfreeman.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Join The Soul Minimalist Substack</a></li> <li><a href= "https://emilypfreeman.com/how-to-walk-into-a-room-book/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Order a How to Walk into a Room</a></li> <li>Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room <a href= "https://emilypfreeman.com/how-to-walk-into-a-room-book/">by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.emilypfreeman.com/podcast/384" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download the transcript</a></li> </ul>

385: Our Friend Jesus

For the second-guessers, the chronically hesitant, or anyone who suffers from decision fatigue, best-selling author and host Emily P. Freeman helps create a little space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing in love. Because out of the thousands of decisions you make everyday, chances are a few of them threaten to keep you up at night. If you're in a season of transition, waiting, general fogginess or if you've ever searched "how to make a decision" on the internet, listen in.